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Originally Posted by David86
First, remember to check MobyGames, second, try at Wikipedia, third, you can search info on other abandonware sites (xtcabandonware, cdosabandonware), HOTU Oldwarez list is a bit old because it's all Freezed there, but it's still good. Remember to not search into leechers cathegory (for example @ "free-game-downloads", that site is a bad Cut&Paste from other sites.)
Sometimes Amazon could help you a lot, but they often do some confusion about Producers & Developers.
Last useless hint...Google is your friend :amused: |
But many times when I saw these options fail, there is always the last resourt - TRY THE GAME! There is usually a screen with release year, producer and publisher (and oddly enough they do differ from the info MobyGames or Wikipedia have to offer).
The oldwarez list is more or less just a loose copy of MobyGames (it mostly concentrated into determening the abandonware status of the games, not so much to find out other info). I have also often noticed that MobyGames and HOTU info was very different. Just keep that in mind as well.
BTW, many of the games on the site, that have the info missing, aren't all that difficult to find. Somehow the info just got lost during transfer I guess (like it happened to some LucasArts games - even though both publisher and producer are well known). Just take a look at LOOM (I just looked at the first game that popped into my mind and I'm not going to change the info yet, just so you see the example).